To think sister shouldn't have DC2 in a hospital an hour away?

My sister lives in Brisbane, Australia. Her 2nd baby is due in three weeks and I've just found out that they're planning on having their baby in a hospital an hour from their home, in Brisbane CBD. They have chosen this hospital over a nearer one, as they can have the baby's cord blood collected there, but not at the nearer hospital. She says that they have the kit to collect the cord blood and that her husband could do it anyway, so I don't understand why they can't just go to their nearest hospital and then just get her husband or a midwife to do it there.

I'm really worried that my sister might end up having the baby en-route and the baby or mother needing immediate medical attention. What if the baby needs help breathing? What if my sister has a haemorrhage?

I think my sister may be putting both her baby and herself at unnecessary risk by not going to their closest hospital. Am I being unreasonable to think this?

YABU I had my 3rd child in a hospital 30 mins perhaps 45 mins away from where we live. I have a hospital 5 mins drive away but I don't like it for various reasons and wanted to have my youngest child in the same hospital as my others. I knew the set-up, felt very comfortable etc.

My youngest was the quickest delivery of all my children and even with my "oh no, this isn't labour, my children are always late by at least a week" mutterings. I still made it in plenty of time.

I live in West Yorkshire, approx 35 mins from the nearest CLU. However the route means that if I needed to get there at half 8 on a weekday morning it could easily take well over an hour. And I'm not massively rural.

Some people may live less than an hour to a hospital but not all hospitals have maternity units

I heard a story the other day about a lady in Africa who took a motorbike-taxi to the hospital while in labour, had the baby & brought said baby home on the back of a motorbike-taxi straight after! At least in Australia they have helicopters & things to get her to a hospital & she could always go to the nearer one if they were at all worried about the distance. Most births happen without incident. Try not to worry!